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12:10 PM ET, March 11, 2026

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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Sources: DOD barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran conflict after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering”  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut …
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Binance files a New York defamation suit against Dow Jones over the WSJ's February 23 article on the crypto exchange's handling of Iranian-linked transactions  —  The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
The US DOJ appeals an order blocking the search of a WaPo reporter's devices, claiming journalists the government fears may have sensitive data aren't shielded  —  The Justice Department appealed a judge's order that blocked officials from searching a Washington Post reporter's electronic devices in a leak investigation.
Discussion: @jeremymbarr
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Time says revenue from events is on pace to make up over 50% of total revenue, up from 28% in 2023; it hosted 11 events in 2022 and plans to host 40+ this year  —  The business is on pace to generate more than 50% of its total revenue in 2026  —  The legacy news brand Time has nearly completed …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
NYT defends a March 9 photo showing a massive crowd in Tehran celebrating Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment as Iran's leader, after allegations of AI manipulation  —  “We rely on the work of human beings to bear witness, gather the facts and help readers better understand the world,” a NYT spokesperson says
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Q&A with WGA's negotiators on the current staff union strike, Minimum Basic Agreement negotiations, AI, the 2023 strikes, Disney and Sora, copyright, and more  —  The Writers Guild of America went on strike three years ago in large part out of fears of writers being replaced by artificial intelligence.
Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K+ in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country  —  “The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless,” Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
US-based politics newsletter Tangle Media reports $4.15M in annual revenue in 2025, with 85% coming from 71,000 paid subscriptions and $500,000 from ads  —  A US-based politics newsletter makes most of its $4m+ in revenue from subscriptions despite offering most of its content for free.
Maer Roshan / The Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview, Harvey Weinstein says prison life is “hell”, Disney cut off his insurance and pays a $60K/year pension, he will be “proven innocent”, and more  —  In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I'm dying here" …
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
David Ellison made his first public appearance before WBD execs; sources: he called the deal process “turbulent”, downplayed layoffs, and left some unsatisfied  —  The CEO talked to the Warners' executive leaders but left some feeling unsatisfied.  “We were hoping for more,” says one insider.
 
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
TikTok partners with Apple to let users with an Apple Music subscription play full songs on TikTok without leaving the app, along with a Listening Party feature
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Disney promotes Thomas Mazloum to chairman of its parks, cruises, and consumer products division, succeeding Josh D'Amaro, who is set to become CEO on March 18
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Spectator has invested £1M in its subscription platform CoEditor, helping it reach an all-time high subscriber total and saving a projected ~£500K a year
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing $60.9B earned by Disney's media business
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata
Free Press Action Fund Feed:
A coalition of 41 press freedom groups writes an open letter condemning the arrest of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE and urging her release
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Xicoia Studios releases a single and music video made by “real humans” starring AI “actor” Tilly Norwood ahead of Norwood's official AI acting debut this year
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address
 

 
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present

Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall ~7%, and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from minority investments in game studios in Japan, such as Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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